#tobias x latavius

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Black Lightning 1x02

So I decided to react to the Black Lightning Series because it’s so damn good. I definitely recommend watching it. You can find it on the CW’s website if you didn’t catch it. It’s got representation, the writing is great, and the fight scenes are awesome! Please don’t sleep on this show!

Warning: Spoilers below the cut.

 Oh no is all this talk of prostitute stuff foreshadowing something happening to the girls?

Wtf is happening to Jefferson?

Yayyyy Lynn x Jefferson moment

But if he only saves the girls and then stops, people can tell it’s him, right?

SEE!! THEY CAN TELL!!

YOU GO, LAWANDA!

WOw this guy is RACIST

I still can’t believe this guy has a name like Latavius and chose LALA

Shit I thought she knew who he is

“Everybody say they praying for me, but aint nobody willing to fight for me” Damn that’s deep. I love LaWanda

SHIT YOU SLIPPED UP JEFF

WAIT WILL’S STILL ALIVE! I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD

Aww she’s still outta school...poor girl Ok I kinda ship Jen with this guy, he’s cute. Better than the douche last episode

GODDAMN HE’S A LITTLE BOY WHAT DID THEY DO TO HIM

Did she not realize she’s bulletproof?

Shit’s about to go down!!!! You messed with the wrong father Oh it was just a water gun lol

“Don’t mistake my patience for weakness, boy” YESSSS YOU TELL EM JEFFERSON YOU TELL EM

Oooh the theme song yass

LESBIAANNNSS Kisses make everything better

I like this BROTP between Jeff and Henderson. They��re fun…. Oh gosh Lawanda, Lawanda,,,,,,

You know I like that they made Latavius (I refuse to call him Lala) a well-rounded character. He’s just sitting there jamming to some music in his car like any other person. It  really makes him relatable and I actually like him as a villain

Will is screwed…

So, lemme get this straight he got zapped by lightning and thrown into his car and he survived, but Latavius shot in the head and he’s dead???? What?????

Also, damn Latavius. Killing your own family. Relatable, but still a psycho. I like it

This guy’s a badass. I bet he left that music on in his car so he can feel like a badass in some mystery murder movie with his own soundtrack relatable relatable

It’s official. Latavius is my favorite villain ever besides the fact that his alias is stupid.

“None of that’s gonna matter if your daughter comes back home and your daughter’s dead” Dang LaWanda and Jeff have awesome scenes together

YOU BETTER NOT LET HER DOWN JEFF

YOU LOVE HERRRRRR THAT’S WHAT YOU REALIZED You poor awkward baby HE’S SO CUTE AND THIS IS SO REALISTIC AND UHHHH I LOVE THEM THE SHIPS IN THIS SHOW ARE SAILING FULL STEAM AHEAD I LOVE IT SO MUCH

Honestly this is so relatable my dad never remembers my friends’ names

They’re so cuteee and smooth  

“As a neuroscientist, I know everything there is know about the brain, but not so much about the heart” DAMN GIRLLL DAMNNN

YOU RIGHT JEFF YOU RIGHT YOU GOT A SMOOTH WOMAN RIGHT THERE AHHHH THESE WRITERS ARE SOOO GOOD

Oh no this woman better not get hurt I love her so much don’t hurt her

No don’t do it Lawanda don’t do it

Girlll what you doing walking up to a fucking drug lord. You strong, but you stupid

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

NOOOO COMMERCIAL BREAK WHYYYYYYYY

Yup this is the part where he cracks isn’t it? Yup he is Why aren’t the lamps flickering?? Awww she was his student. I knew that before, but now the feels are hitting me man. He’s like the black version of mcgonagall and it’s like her having to see James and Lily dead. The feels man the feels LynN shut uuuuupppppp

Oh damn he took her hands off his face savage

BLACK LIGHTNING IS BACKKKKKKK

Ok a black panther ad just came on and I think that’s so fitting BLACK REPRESENTATION FOR THE WINNNNNNN

Gambi’s smart

Man she’s smoking and drinking and probably skipping class. Jen needs to get her life togetheerrrr

You tell her Khalil. I’m glad her man’s talking some sense into her Aww they’re cute

Lynn needs to stop treating this like an addiction “And then he stopped because he was addicted to you” Oh dammmn he came for her life

Yay they gonna get Lala (ugh I hate calling him that)

“Oh he is fine” Just imagine all the black lightning fangirls lmao I love how he’s just casually walking in there and the music is great Okay, the staircase line was great and all, but the elevator’s fast and isn’t latavius gonna catch on that Jeff’s after him?

Oh yay they caught him Damn two dead people busted him gotta clean after yourself better LALA

Why you going out in the dark in a dangerous city? Damn both of these girls are idiots. First Jen and the 100 club and now Anissa does this?

Oh damn another panic attack poor girl YES YOU FUCK HIM UP

YESSSS YOU GET UP WITH A SMILE GIRL I LOVE HERRRRRRRRR THIS FAMILY IS SO BADASS

Oh no is he WATCHING PORN AND DRINKING THIS FAMILY IS BADASS BUT THEY GOT ISSUESSSSSSSSS

Never mind it’s just lynn false alarm false alarm lmao

I love LaLa but tobias seems so one dimensional

Nooo don’t kill himmm i liiiked him

Ugh they’re not afraid to just kill people off

Okay so overall this episode was AWESOME! They had some great quotes and scenes and I loved LaWanda. I hate that they did Latavius bad like that he was so great. You don’t get villains with that much complexity these days and I’m hoping that he just pulls a leaf out of Will’s book and somehow survives. It was illogical with will, but you know I might just let it slide if they do it with Latavius.

Also, to elaborate with the ending scene with Jeff, it’s good that it wasn’t porn and it was just Lynn bc at least he’s loyal you know. But at the same time the way he was watching it is kinda like an addiction to Lynn. It’s like porn but only with Lynn. So I think Gambi’s right. She’s calling his powers an addiction, but she’s the addiction.

And you can see even though they’re “separated” they’re still showing each other affection and it’s kinda like she’s teasing him. (not sleeping in the same bed, saying she’s gotta take it slow). And he goes along with it bc he wants more. So yeah it is an addiction and like any addiction it’s stopping him from doing what’s right. LaWanda was his student and like a daughter to him and Lynn was still tryna stop him

So yeah, they have cute scenes, but Lynn is kinda unhealthy for him at the same time and she’s holding him back. You know, people always tell women to not let men hold them back, but men, don’t let your women hold you back either. And same goes for mlm and wlw. And people who don’t give a fuck about gender. DON’T LET PEOPLE STOP YOU FROM ACHIEVING YOUR DREAMS AND DOING THE RIGHT THING

Which, going back to the wonderful wlw in this episode, Anissa and her girlfriend are clearly a foil to Jeff and Lynn bc when Anissa said that she was busy chasing all her dreams, the girlfriend said that she wasn’t tryna hold her back, which is exactly the opposite of what Lynn is doing to Jeff.

But also, I like that it’s not like they’re having a lgbt+ couple be the good one and a het relationship be the unhealthy one as if het relationships are inherently unhealthy and lgbt+ ones are inherently healthy bc anissa and her gf have their issues just like jeff and lynn have their good moments.

And it’s really nice that the girlfriend wants more than just sex bc I feel like a lot of wlw couples focus on the sexual stuff. Like, why can’t we have sitcom lesbians and lesbians fighting crime and stuff without it being sexual?

But also they balance out the relationships by having this REALLY CUTE thing with Jen and her guy. He’s so cute and supportive and I really liked their get together scene on the roof. It wasn’t some overdone dramatic first kiss scene. It was just two awkward teens getting together and the kiss wasn’t anything big. Also, when he brought out the necklace and she smiled, IT WAS SO CUTE

And he’s just so supportive and he’s just tryna get her on the right track. And he’s got a tough family situation, but he’s still tryna keep his life together. Get you a partner like that.

Also, I love how the girls are going through the trauma in their own ways. Anissa has panic attacks and Jen drinks. You know, in a lot of superhero shows, people go through traumatic shit and brush it off, but these writers are showing the aftermath and it’s great. Also, the girls experience it differently. Jen is outwardly cheerFUL and stuff in an effort to distract herself. And Anissa’s a little more shaken. It just shows that PTSD symptoms always vary depending on the person

But I did like that scene where she threw that guy across the store and got up and smiled like she was proud of herself. That was badass.

Anyway, this review was a mess, but I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy the show. Writers, if you see this, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND I HOPE IT GETS RENEWED FOR A SEASON 2!!!